Name: 4 Habits That Make Your 2026 Better（mindset, tools…）
Uploaded: 2026-01-15T06:25:57.000Z
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So we've officially closed the chapter on 2025, and here we're in 2026.

I know this is maybe a slightly late year in review, but

honestly, I need time to actually process what happened.

This past year, I've been juggling three very different identities.

There were four different habits and one big mindset shift that completely transformed my year.

So today, in this video, I'm breaking down exactly what worked, what didn't, and

The first habit is capture ideas the second they come to you.

If you don't write them down, immediately they disappear.

You know the feeling when you are in the shower and you have the genius idea and you think, I will remember this, and

I've put my voice memo app right on my home page.

No folders, no search, search and just tap.

Record down whether I'm driving, walking, cooking.

Whenever an idea hits, I talk to my phone like it's my personal assistant.

For example, let's say we have a new video idea.

I will say, okay, how procrastination is actually just fear of imperfection, blah, blah, blah.

Then I use AI tools to transcribe and organize these voice notes into actual readable mammals.

And also, every Sunday, I do a weekly review.

I go through everything I'd captured, delete what is no longer relevant, and

expand on the ideas that still spark something.

I actually capture over 100 ideas a month.

But those other 90, they don't just disappear.

They become inspiration fuel for better ideas later.

And who knows, maybe one of those rejected ideas can be one that goes viral six months from now.

Trust me, your brain is not as reliable as you think.

And the second one is use AI tool to eliminate repetitive work.

I'm not an AI expert, but I'm a active user.

So content creation has so much repetitive work, like outlines, thumbnails, slide checks, slides, editing, the list goes on a lot of things.

I used to spend hours on tasks that AI can now do in minutes.

So let me show you one tool that saved me probably 100 hours this year.

And if you make presentations, slide decks, or study notes regularly, you need to check this out.

And for example, this video outline, I paste it into aippt, select a template, click generate, and

in five minutes I have a professional presentation ready to go.

You don't need to think about which font should I use, which picture, which kind of template, Just beautiful, clean slides.

I use it for course content, client presentations, and study notes, even some video thumbnails.

I get some aesthetic inspiration from this aipbt over the past year, I used for course contents, client presentations, and

And honestly, even when I don't need to make any slides, I go on AIPPD just to get design inspiration.

So this connects to something I learned this year.

We often think that spending more time on something means we are working harder Spending.

Basically tricking your brain into thinking you're productive just because you're busy, physically busy.

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is find a tool that does the boring stuff for you so you can focus on what actually matters in your life, like creativity, strategy, storytelling.

So there's a link to AIPPT in the description with a special discount code.

Believe me, it's genuinely worth checking out.

People always say, okay, Lindsey, how do you get so much done?

You create contents, make videos like you do a lot of things every day.

I prepare the next step before I need to start.

Let's say I need to edit a video tomorrow.

But the thought of opening my laptop, importing footage, organizing all kinds of different files, and

editing, that sounds so overwhelming, right?

I create a project file and maybe rename a few clips.

That's all kinds of different preparation works, right?

So the next day when I sit down to edit, I'm not starting from zero, I'm starting from step number two.

And psychologically, that makes all the difference.

Let's say I want to study English and read an article tomorrow.

If I wait until tomorrow to find the article, open it, read it, and

My brain see it as a very very giant task and hard task.

But if I find and save the article today, then tomorrow my only job is to read and absorb one task, not four.

Got an important meeting tomorrow, so just lay out your outfit tonight near your pillow or something.